Update!

Well, Tyler is now a month old and is doing great. He is a wonderful baby who hardly cries and sleeps a ton. Carly loves being a big sister. Granted, she has her moments when she wants me to put Tyler down and hold her. (I've learned how to hold her and feed Tyler at the same time.) Carly is very loving and gives Tyler lots of kisses and wants to help change his diapers, feed him and give him baths. And Tyler is a very good little brother. He has tolerated being poked, covered in stickers and had a ball bounced off his head with little or no response. Brandon and I are surviving having a newborn and getting through the day with less sleep. Brandon is great about helping me in the middle of the night and being supportive of my new mom hormones and recovery from my c-section.
Medically, Tyler is doing great. The cardiologist said his heart is doing well and he is still on schedule for surgery at 4 to 5 months of age. He also gave us the okay today to go to Hawaii for Thanksgiving! We've had this planned for almost a year and it's exciting to know that we can still go.
Here's some pictures and hopefully, I'll remember to take more. (I'm sad that I didn't get a picture of the sticker moment.)

Tyler is here!

I am not very good at posting- Carissa is usually the one that does it! For those that don't know, Tyler William Jergensen was born on September 1, 2008- yes labor day (fitting for Carissa) and for those that have been waiting- here are some pics of the cute little guy. Sorry they have taken so long to get out. For those doing the math right now and thinking that Carissa wasn't due until the end of september, yea he was born 4 weeks early! Carissa started feeling contractions at 2:30 on Monday afternoon so we headed over to the hospital and they checked to make sure she was in labor, which she was and 7 hours later little Tyler was born. We had to do a C-section because he was breech, that went well, just a little pain still but she is recovering good. Now onto Tyler. When he was born they noticed that he had many features that are present in down syndrome babies and they also noticed a heart murmur. He was taken into the NICU and they made the decision to transfer him down to Children's hospital in San Diego. He has been in the NICU at Children's for the past 4 days and every day is getting much better. Today they decided to take him out of the NICU and into an intermediate care room. Hopefully he should be home in the next few days. YEAH! We are pretty sure he has down syndrome but they cannot say for 100% until the chromosome test comes back which should be sometime this week. He does have a heart condition that is very frequent in down syndrome babies called AV (atrioventricular) septal defect. You can look it up if you want- I have explained it soooooo many times! They control it with meds for the first 4-6 months of his life and then do a surgery to repair the defect. The success rate is very high and we have been comforted with all the blessings and prayers that others have given to us and to Tyler! We are very excited to have this special spirit in our lives and can't wait to beable to bring him home. Here are some pics of the cute guys and if you want more info feel free to call Carissa or I- it is a lot of info to try and write in a blog!

Baby Slings?

So I've decided that I just have to have a baby sling for my new little bundle that's coming in 4 1/2 weeks! I googled baby slings and got about million hits. So I thought I would ask the moms I knew which slings they recommended, brand or website. Thanks!

Also, just an FYI for all you who are wondering what happened to the Jergensens over the past month and a half. We've had a million and one things going on and I'm sure I have a million and one pictures to go with them. One of these days, I'll post some. I think the best thing that happened was that Carly turned 2! My baby has become toddler! And about 2 weeks after her birthday, I had to have minor surgery. Don't worry, the baby is perfect and I am now doing a lot better. I know you all hate the missing details but I'd rather not share on a blog. Feel free to email or call if you just have to know. It's been a long three weeks of recovery but I'm on the upside. I am forever grateful to my family and friends for the hours upon hours of help, love and support they have given my little family and me. I feel truly blessed to have them. Hopefully the next 4 1/2 weeks will go smoothly and we'll be able to bring a new healthy and happy baby into the world. So forgive the lack of posts and info and don't get too excited for very many in the near future until life calms down some. Thanks.

Oh, the joys of pregnancy!

The old saying goes "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Well, I was starting to wonder what happens when life gives you too many lemons and you don't have enough sugar to make lemonade? Yes, I'm one of those women who does not enjoy pregnancy and I'm baffled by women who do. I've now reached 28 weeks which means it's time for the dreaded gestational diabetes test. I had diabetes with my last pregnancy and when I failed the 1 hour glucose test, I thought "here we go again!" I then had to do the three hour test which leaves you starving and looking like an intravenous drug user. As I walked into my doctor's office yesterday, I was mentally saying goodbye to cookies, candy, cake, ice cream, chocolate, etc. for the next 2 1/2 months. Not to mention watching every thing you eat and testing your blood sugar four times a day. When my doctor finally came into the room (it seemed like I waited for a really long time!) she announced nonchalantly "You results came back fine." I was shocked and made her repeat what she said. Then I exclaimed, "I'm so excited!" to which she laughed. And I practically skipped out of the office to my car. Just when I thought I couldn't handle any more lemons, life gave me sugar to make lemonade. Thank goodness!

Out of the Ordinary Summer Fun!

A couple of weeks ago we ventured over to Coronado to hang out with our friends, the Godfreys, before they moved out of the country. They took us to the Navy Seal Base where we had the opportunity to watch feeding time with the Navy Seal Dolphins. It turned out to be a little more than watching and a ton of fun!

We were able to get up close to all the dolphins.

The trainer offered to let Carly and I feed the dolphin but we both declined at the sight of the fish.

I'm now an official dolphin trainer!

Brandon gave the dolphin a belly rub. We couldn't convince Carly to touch the dolphins at all! She did enjoy watching watching the dolphins jump and do other tricks.

It was one of those amazing experiences that you usually only find backstage at Sea World for a high cost. Thanks again to the Godfreys for letting us tag along!

By the way, for those of you who may want to know, the Navy uses their trained dolphins to help patrol the waters. The dolphins swim with the boat and look for swimmers and other things that should not be in that area of water. The dolphins mark the swimmers with a beacon and the coast guard picks them up.

Bye Bye Jason!

Last Thursday, Brandon's little brother Jason hopped a plane to Preston, England to the MTC to begin his mission. We had a great opportunity to attend his setting apart and spend a last few hours with him before saying goodbye for two years! We know that he will be a great missionary and two years will be up before we know it. Good Luck Elder Jergensen!

Palm Springs

Two weeks ago, we spent about a week in Palm Springs with the Jergensen Family. We had the whole gang there which totaled 19 people and it tons of fun. It was the perfect vacation for a large group with six little kids. We spent most of the time at the pool playing in the water and working on our tans. We also visited Knotts water park for which Carly still talks about falling down at the beach (a wave knocked her over at the wave pool). "Carly fall down at the beach" she informs me almost everyday. It was great to spend time with the whole family and for Carly to get to know her cousins better. Here are some pics:

Carly and Brandon enjoying the pool.

Carly did not like the water slide!!

Brandon and his brothers getting soaked at the kids' castle.

We were able to also spend some time with Grandpa and Grandma Zwick.

The whole gang at dinner.

Carly hugging her cousin, Cami.

Uncle Jason with all the grandkids.